Chris Beneke

Amid all the stupid and malign things the Trump administration is doing, amid all the chaos, its downfall might come from its most boring idea: that we need to have trade surpluses with other countries.

Department of Defense Takes Down Article on Jackie Robinson’s Time in Army Before he broke baseball’s color barrier, Jackie Robinson served in the U.S. Army, but new federal policies have led to his story getting swept under the rug.

Every day, they find a new way to make America worse.

Voters' Ratings On Economy And Trump Dip, Trade And Russia - Ukraine War Weigh On Trump's Numbers, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Disapprove Of Trump's Handling Of Zelensky Me... "A noticeable uptick of discontent can be seen over President Trump's handling of a range of issues: from Ukraine to the economy to the federal workforce," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst T...

Latest Quinnipiac poll has Trump approval rating at 42%. Most people you know -- and most people you meet during the day -- disapprove. Even more disapprove of Elon Musk.

We expected Donald Trump to govern by grievance-fueled whim. But probably no one guessed that he would be bickering with Canadian provincial officials in a way that will almost certainly tank the economy -- at 11pm on a Monday.

Shut up about egg prices.

Putin's Russia is ISIS with a capital and attack aircraft.

Our new Deputy FBI Director. A podcaster and 2020 election denier who has said on his show that the only thing that matters is "f****** power."

This isn't about crime fighting; it's about vengeance.

The vibe is shifting. People are catching on—you can see it in the Trump/Musk approval ratings. Most Americans aren’t interested in being ruled by an unelected billionaire who spends half his time wrecking lives and the other half rigging the system for his businesses.

While Trump muses about a third term, refuses to admit that Russia started the Ukraine war, and feuds with Canada over...nothing, he lets this ketamine-addled father of 13 children by 4 different women play mafia boss with our lives.

It literally costs nothing to be decent and kind. Why not just do it.

Tonight's history lesson:
Amid all the concerns raised about our current state of constitutional chaos, a few points deserve special mention.
Much of the constitutional thinking of the American revolutionary era had its deep origins in the political disputes of 17th-c. England.

Finally, our long national performing arts nightmare is over. Donald Trump has declared himself chairman of the Kennedy Center. It’s now safe to go back to the ballet everyone.

Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete and four-time gold medalist, salutes during the presentation of his long jump gold medal after defeating Nazi Germany’s Luz Long at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

While President Musk lays waste to vital federal functions and appropriates our private data, this fellow dreams of Gazan condo developments.

None of us has to submit to the Muskocracy.

50% of Trump’s foreign policy right now is just random speculation about where the best condos could be built.

Just since last week, the mad king released scarce water from reservoirs to extinguish a fire that was already out, gave his billionaire consigliere access to our social security numbers, and proposed that the United States occupy...Gaza.

Trump firing the FBI agents involved in the January 6 investigation after pardoning the rioters who stormed the Capitol is on brand. The message is clear: You must be loyal to Trump, not the law.

It would be a caricature of a horrible person -- if he didn't actually exist.

Just to catch you up: we have no acting FAA head, a number of TSA officials were fired last week, the secretary of transportation is best known for his TV roles, and the president is speculating without basis, that DEI is somehow responsible for a deadly air crash.

You no longer have a system of checks and balances when a President arbitrarily freezes spending Congress approved.

The reign of bullies is upon us. It won’t last. But the memory of their bullying will, as will the shame of those who enabled it.

Trump rally: Trump inauguration:

Everyone would have been suspicious if Biden or Obama suddenly acquired a few million dollars in some sketchy financial asset right before becoming president.

Trump just acquired $59 billion of one.

We're all suckers and losers to Trump, including the thousands of supporters who planned on attending his inauguration but were left holding "commemorative" tickets when he moved it indoors.

Let your kids know. Trump was against Tik Tok before he was for it. He's a sellout.

A company beholden to the Chinese Communist Party is now running ads on Tik Tok for Donald Trump--the same guy who started the movement to ban the social media platform until he figured out he could use it to his advantage.

Your kids will suffer. He won't care.

What the Rotunda looked like the last time Trump supporters were there:

Monday's inauguration is moving inside and flags are flying at full staff because Donald Trump isn't big enough to endure small crowds or a small gesture of respect to a former president.